I am a student on East Coast with only a Mac. However, when I'm on West Coast periodically, I have access to a Windows PC. I can connect my prs-505 to a Windows PC when I'm on the West Coast and authorize it and set up the reader. Then later, can my mom download books from sony on this pc (West Coast) and email the files to my Mac, and can I transfer them to my Reader?

I tried it and it worked just fine. While I agree with the Mobipocket suggestion, there is the matter of the free classics at Sony store. I still don't understand the lack of Mac support. I know there are more PCs out there, but the average Mac owner is much more likely to buy this than the average PC owner.

I tried it and it worked just fine. While I agree with the Mobipocket suggestion, there is the matter of the free classics at Sony store. I still don't understand the lack of Mac support. I know there are more PCs out there, but the average Mac owner is much more likely to buy this than the average PC owner.

You do realize that ALL of those free classics can be found right here in the mobileread ebook section? If you can find them here check feedbooks.com then manybooks.net and finally projectgutenburg.org.